Witness speaks of ‘many alarm bells’ in Stylianos case

The family liaison officer who was assigned to Stylianos Constantinou, the 15-year-old boy who ended his life by suicide in 2019, on Tuesday told the Nicosia district court that “many alarm bells” had been raised regarding his living conditions in the years leading up to his death.

She was speaking as a prosecution witness in the trial of 11 people – Constantinou’s parents and nine employees of the social welfare services department – regarding the circumstances surrounding his death, and told...